We want our patrons to know all our stores are back to their normal hours, said Tracie Russ, the Defense Commissary Agencyís deputy director of sales. ìAs we head toward the cooler days of autumn, weíre offering plenty of events to help our customers save money and maximize their benefit. One event in particular is a series of scan-down days in September offering 50 percent off certain items in our stateside commissaries.

Customers should check with their local store manager to verify when they will be offering the following sales events:

Scan-down days. On Sept. 12, commissaries in the continental United States will offer managerís specials at 50 percent off on Barlett pears, Kraft mayonnaise (regular and light), Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice, Kelloggís Fruit Loops Cereal and Healthy Choice Chicken Margherita CafÈ Steamers. Look for future 50 percent off scan-down days on Sept. 18 and 25. This event is not available for commissaries in Alaska, Hawaii, Europe and the Far East.

Soup season begins. September is the start of the soup season. Look for commissary displays promoting special savings on Progresso soups.

The Great Eggo Waffle Off Contest.î Throughout September, Eggo waffles and Breyers ice cream brands are sponsoring a recipe contest. To enter, find details on packages of six-, eight-, 10-count Eggo waffle containers that say, ìThe Great Eggo Waffle Off Contest.î Shoppers can also find contest information on Eggo and Breyers Facebook sites. Look for the Eggo and Breyers display in your commissary along with store coupons for both brands and product demonstrations.

The Oktoberfest in Munich runs from late September until early October, and commissary shoppers are encouraged to have their own celebrations if they canít make it to Deutschland. Commissaries have a full line of discounted German products available from chocolates, cookies, sauerkraut, mustard and red cabbage to rich German coffee and more.

We Are Family.î Quaker and Tropicana present a family-focused promotion exclusively to military commissaries worldwide. Look for large displays to include banners, posters, entry forms and high-value coupons that will cross promote with the commissariesí produce, offering $3 off fresh fruit. Twenty-five commissary shoppers will be chosen as a ìfree breakfastî winner to receive more than 10 products from Quaker and Tropicana brands.

Unilever is offering its 17th Annual ìItalian & American Festival of Savingsî through Sept. 25. This yearís promotion will again feature Unilever brands such as Ragu, Hellmanís, Lipton, Wishbone, Bertolli, Slimfast, Skippy and more. More than 125,000 high-value in-store coupon flyers will be distributed worldwide.

Gatorade will offer the ìSalute to Serviceî promotion exclusively to military commissaries. This unique continental-U.S.-only event will award commissary shoppers NFL tickets plus a VIP experience. Thirty-two winners (one winner and one guest per team) will be chosen. Look for the in-store display representing the NFL team of choice along with an entry box and entry forms. These displays are located at the 32 commissaries in close proximity to an NFL team. Other CONUS commissaries will be provided football and Gatorade prizes for giveaways.

Russ reminded commissary customers they can quickly locate their commissary and participate in the savings they’ve earned by going to www.commissaries.com, clicking on the ìLocations tab, then ìAlphabetical Listingî to locate their store and clicking on ìLocal Store Information.

Whenever you consistently use your commissary benefit youíre saving more than 30 percent compared to buying groceries in commercial stores, Russ said. We hope this monthís promotions will help keep even more money in your pocket.

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